The Story of Hadestown

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  @SchaffrillasProductions · 5 years ago

  Beautiful. Best Hadestown analysis on the internet

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  @Serai3 · 5 years ago

  Wow, I&apos;ve known this story since I was a kid, and I&apos;ve never thought it was about hubris. &nbsp;It never even occurred to me. &nbsp;Orpheus&apos;s petition to Hades had no pride in it, only sorrow and desperation. &nbsp;I never saw it as a challenge or saw it written about as a challenge. &nbsp;Now, Arachne&apos;s story is all about hubris, because she was prideful and boasted. &nbsp;But Orpheus didn&apos;t boast about being a great musician - it was something said <i>about</i> him, not a title he claimed for himself.

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• CR

  @craxnor · 4 years ago

  We believe in second chances. That’s why we’ll listen to the story again and again. <br><br>Because maybe this time, just this once, it’ll be a happy ending.

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  @Littlestraincloud · 5 years ago

  I saw Anais play Why We Build The Wall with a single guitar while opening for Ani Difranco in 2005. My parents turned to me and said, &quot;Kid, pay attention, this is the most important folk song you&apos;ll ever hear.&quot;

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  @sanjilover69420 · 5 years ago

  hadestown is a masterpiece. no debate. it’s easily one of the greatest musicals ever written.

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• CA

  @caitlinb35 · 5 years ago (edited)

  One of the most brilliant aspects of Hadestown is its cyclical nature and the hope accompanied with it. The idea that we tell a story knowing how it ends with the hope it might turn out differently one day is so poignant, and inspirational.

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• WA

  @waywardwillard · 5 years ago

  My husband and I saw Hadestown about a week before Broadway shut down. He’s from NOLA, so he noticed so many more details in the set—like the Pontalba-style designs—and in the costuming—like how the Fates cover their hair with head scarves, which in New Orleans would’ve marked their status as free Black women. It’s an amazing show, and the chills I get just by listening to it in the car are multiplied by a thousand when you’re in the theater. (Also, my friend works for a Broadway marketing company, and his coworker is the hand holding the rose on the album cover.)

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• CA

  @carolinacastro227 · 5 years ago

  If you haven&apos;t seen the Hadestown Tiny Desk concert, please do... I highly recommend it. (:

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• PA

  @partsofall1 · 2 years ago

  I like how you made a point of Hadestown&apos;s Orpheus not having the &quot;fatal flaw&quot; of hubris, but rather of doubt. With him it&apos;s &quot;Why would he let me win?&quot; instead of &quot;I can beat him&quot;.

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• FR

  @free_siobhan · 5 years ago

  god damn, Anais Mitchell is one of the artists i respect the most. her songwriting is incredible, and Hadestown is a masterpiece.

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• CO

  @cormac7580 · 5 years ago

  Any woman ever exist in ancient Greece <br><br>Zeus: GoOd EveNing

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  @BariumCobaltNitrog3n · 5 years ago

  I disagree with sad songs giving you hope. Emotions are important to us and need to be recognized and felt deeply. Sad songs allow us to feel sadness through music, which can and should be an emotional experience. Like grieving allows us to move on from death, sadness allows us to move on from the thing that caused the sadness in the first place.

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